Answers

Yes, obviously - where do you think the Europeans in America got the idea from.

For example, apprenticeship was by indenture. This means that the master and apprentice signed a deed of agreement, containing the terms of the apprenticeship. The document was saw-toothed down the middle, so that the two halves could be joined back up again to make the whole document - hence the name ‘indenture’.

Also indentures were used for periods of service where a man paid off his debt. This is the kind that was imported into use in America.

The url below is a list of what my library has under the subject heading "Indentured servants--United States--History" and "Indentured servants." Apparently the answer is "Yes, there were indentured servants both in Europe and in America."

See if you can get copies of these books, or of other books, from your library.